Diphthong

monophthongs

Diphthongs may become ___________. /כil/ becomes /כl/

-onglide and offglide vowels

Dipthongs are characterized according to:

/aI/, /aʊ/, /כI/ and /ju/

Four distinct dipthongs

/ir/, /כr/, /εr/ and /ar/

Four vowel + r combinations

/ju/ only distinctive onglide diphthong

high front to high back (onglide diphthong) -numerous allophonic variations

diphthongization

monophthong vowels become diphthongs /kæt/ becomes /keæt/

nasalization (me vs I'm)

most common variation that occurs when English vowels are produced within the context of a nasal consonant

/ai/ (long i)

most frequently occurring diphthong -Rising low-front to high front (off glide) diphthong

/aʊ/ that hurt sound (ow)

rising low front to high back (off glide) diphthong

/כI/

rising mid-back to high-front (off glide) diphthong -sound appears early by age 3 and usually without difficulty

onglide

transition from a preceding sound vowel with a longer duration -ex: /ju/

offglide

transition from a vowel with a longer duration to a sound with a shorter duration

dipthong

two vowels produced consecutively in the same syallable with the articulators moving from one position to the other in a smooth manner

monophthong mono-one phtong-sound

vowels that remain the same throughout production

reduction

with an increase in rate of speech, the stress on a vowel is decreased. The vowel is centralized Furniture becomes /fɝ nə t∫ɚ /